Jewelry clip



June 20, 1944. M CHERNOW 2,351,925

.JEWELRY CLIP Filed July 5, 1941 INVENTOR Mac/we! Cher/20 "place betweensaid jaws.

Patented June 20, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J EWELRY CLIP MichaelCher-now, New York, N. Y. Application July 3, 1941, Serial No. 409,918

Claims.

The present invention relates to jewelry clips and has its preferredapplication to earrings of the clip type.

Among the objects of the invention are to provide a jewelry clip andmore particularly an earring clip of a minimum number of simpleinexpensive parts which may be applied to the ear in an instant, andwhich is devoid of springs, ratchet or screw locking adjustments thatare subject to wear, jamming or other derangement in use, and whichfrequently result on the one hand in discomfort to the wearer due topinching the ear lobe or on the other in looseness and loss of the clip,the clip of the present invention despite its simplicity, inherentlyafiording a secure hold upon the ear lobe, regardless of the thinness orthickness of such lobe. without the possibility of pinching and indeedwithout the wearer even being aware of any pressure on the ear lobe. y

In the accompanying drawing in which are shownone or more of variouspossible embodiments of the several features of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a front view with parts broken away showing the earring clipin use,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on a greatly enlarged scale,taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a detailed sectional view taken onthe line 4-4 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one embodiment of clip arm, and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view generally similar to Fig. 4 of amodification.

Referring now to the drawing, there is illustratively shown an earringclip which comprises the ornamental face member or plate III to the rearface of which is soldered, brazed, welded or otherwise attached the baseof a U-shaped bracket I I having a-pair of upstanding Jaws l2 extendingdirectly therefrom. Between the jaws of the bracket is hinged a clip arml3, desirably a stamped metal clip arm or one blanked out of sheet-metalstock of uniform thickness. This arm desirably includes an eyeI-llinterposed between the jaws of the bracket. A rivet l5 placedtransversely through the bracket Jaws and the interposed eye ll securelyclamps the latter in Desirably, thev eye has than the shank of thefrictionally held as an a bore it slightly larger rivet IS, thelatter'being axle in the two bracket Jaws II. The eye of the clip arm ispreferably split as at l1, and the split edges are oflset or displacedlaterally in the manner of a lock washer.

.In the assembled unit, the pressure exerted by the rivet brings themetal of the eye l4 into a common plate, so that in its tendency tospread out to the form shown in Fig. 5, it exerts a resilient orfrictional hold against the jaws ll! of the bracket, and thereby keepsthe hinged arm from easy displacement out of any position in which it isset.

In the earring embodiment particularly, the width of the clip arm l3extends generally parallel to the length of the rivet and the plane ofthe eye is at right angles to said arm, the metal of the arm beingtwisted'for that purpose at l8 at a point near but beyond the jaws l2 ofthe bracket..

The clip arm preferably flares outward toward its free end, whichpresents a generally convex holding cup conformation IQ of substantialdiameter, in the neighborhood of 1; inch. The concave I holding cup end"desirably has transverse ribs with the bracket ll against the loweredge 2| of the lobe. the convex gripping cup IQ of the arm will rest inthe concavity 22 of said lobe, the human ear lobe presentingconsiderably more flesh about its entire rim 23 than it does in its midportion 22.

Thus, in use, the clip can be instantly applied to the ear, the grippingcup 19 becoming registered with the concavity 22 in the ear lobe. Thelock washer l4 and tight rivet l5 result in the clip remaining in anyposition of pivoted adjustment. The relatively large surface of theholding cup on the cliparm and the transverse ribs 20 thereof enhancethev frictional hold and also prevent angular displacement'of theearring from its initial set position. Avery substantial pull on theclip would therefore be required to cause the hinged clip arm to pivotoutward as it must before the clip can be drawn over the more fleshy rim23 of the ear lobe. As a consequence the hold of the clip is especiallysecure, even though neither a spring nor a screw is used to fasten theclip to the ear.

The earring clipinaddition to the face plate l0 involves merely thebracket H, th arm IS with its split eye It and the rivet l5. There isnothingto jam 'orbecome deranged. There is no spring, or' screw, orratchet to weaken or loosen by wear or use and the article is very comefortable to wear.

The embodiment of Fig. 6 resembles that of Figs. 1 to 5 except that theeye ll of the arm II is not split but one or two additional split lockwashers 25 and 26 are interposed between the hinged arm l3 and thebracket jaws l2.

As many changes could be made in'the above article and many apparentlywidely different embodiments of this invention could be made withoutdeparting from the scope of the claims, it is having a pair of jaws, astamped metal clip arm having an eye unitary therewith at right anglesto the general plane thereof, and interposed between said jaws, said eyebeing split to form a lock washer and a rivet transversely through saidjaws and said interposed eye, and retaining the parts of the latter in acommon plane for frictional hold of the-pivot arm in any position ofpivotal adjustment thereof.

' 2. A jewelry clip comprising a face plate having a bracket rigidlyafllxed to the rear face thereof and presenting 'a pair of jaws, ahinged metal clip arm presenting an eye at right angles to the planethereof and interposed between said jaws, one or more'splitlock washersinterposed between the eye and the jaws, and a rivet transverselythrough said parts, thereby to maintain the clip arm frictionally in anyposition of pivotal adjustment thereof.

3. A jewelry clip comprising a face member, a bracket having a baserigidly affixed to the back thereof and having a pair of jaws extendingfrom said face member, a stamped metal clip arm having an eye unitarytherewith at right angles to the general plane thereof, and interposedbetween said jaws, and a rivet transversely through said jaws and saidinterposed eye, andv and said eye having clea'rance with respect to saidrivet.

4. The jewelry clip recited in claim 3, in which the eye is split toform a lock washer.

5. An article of clip jewelry comprising a face member, a U-shapedbracket secured to the rear thereof and having a pair of jaws extendingtherefrom, a clip ann hinged at one end between said jaws and twisted atright angles beyond but near said jaws, a rivet across said jaws andsaid clip arm, and coacting with said jaws frictionally to retain thearm under the compression of said rivet against ready pivotingdisplacement from any position of hinging adjustment.

MICHAEL CHERNOW.

